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About Rick Nicholas
Hi, I'm Rick - thanks for checking out my page!
Im a professional drum teacher and have experience teaching all ages - from beginner to advanced - and all different types of people - from school kids to pop-stars. Regardless of who I teach, I work hard to find a good balance between fun and focus and tailor this balance to each individual student.
For a first timer, lessons would focus on building confidence through developing a good understanding of the basics, including the right (and wrong) ways to hold the sticks, exploring concepts like time keeping and groove, dynamics, explaining some basic musical terminology and introducing you to reading music.
Once we have laid an adequate foundation for subsequent learning, I like to encourage my students to formulate some short, medium and long term goals for us to aim at. Whether they be learning how to play a particular song or style, or playing your first gig, to developing an effective practice routine or passing grade exams.
Like anything worth doing, learning and improving on the drums takes a level of commitment, but this can be incredibly rewarding. With the right teacher and practice schedule, you can see amazing leaps of improvement much faster than you'd think. The discipline required to learn any new skill, (especially one as cool as playing the drums) can yield many positive effects for a persons wellbeing and confidence off the kit too.
Lessons are 60 minutes and take place from my East London studio. Home visits can be considered based on location/distance.
I have an enhanced DBS certificate, safeguarding certificate and am first aid trained.
Im happy to answer any questions you may have, so don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Laura - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I received a number of lessons from Rick and found it him to be friendly, helpful and able to be patient when breaking down concepts that I found confusing. My drumming improved quickly as a result. Would definitely recommend!"
Tom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Initially, I was nervous about taking drum lessons but Rick is a friendly, laidback guy who made the process much easier. He tailored the lessons to suit my tastes in music and I started to see progress quite quickly. I'd happily recommend him to anyone".
Will - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Rick was hired as a dru...
Im a professional drum teacher and have experience teaching all ages - from beginner to advanced - and all different types of people - from school kids to pop-stars. Regardless of who I teach, I work hard to find a good balance between fun and focus and tailor this balance to each individual student.
For a first timer, lessons would focus on building confidence through developing a good understanding of the basics, including the right (and wrong) ways to hold the sticks, exploring concepts like time keeping and groove, dynamics, explaining some basic musical terminology and introducing you to reading music.
Once we have laid an adequate foundation for subsequent learning, I like to encourage my students to formulate some short, medium and long term goals for us to aim at. Whether they be learning how to play a particular song or style, or playing your first gig, to developing an effective practice routine or passing grade exams.
Like anything worth doing, learning and improving on the drums takes a level of commitment, but this can be incredibly rewarding. With the right teacher and practice schedule, you can see amazing leaps of improvement much faster than you'd think. The discipline required to learn any new skill, (especially one as cool as playing the drums) can yield many positive effects for a persons wellbeing and confidence off the kit too.
Lessons are 60 minutes and take place from my East London studio. Home visits can be considered based on location/distance.
I have an enhanced DBS certificate, safeguarding certificate and am first aid trained.
Im happy to answer any questions you may have, so don't hesitate to get in touch.
Rick ??
Laura - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I received a number of lessons from Rick and found it him to be friendly, helpful and able to be patient when breaking down concepts that I found confusing. My drumming improved quickly as a result. Would definitely recommend!"
Tom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Initially, I was nervous about taking drum lessons but Rick is a friendly, laidback guy who made the process much easier. He tailored the lessons to suit my tastes in music and I started to see progress quite quickly. I'd happily recommend him to anyone".
Will - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Rick was hired as a dru...
